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Researchers tested soccer balls aboard the International Space Station to study how internal mass affects motion. (Photo: NASA)

How NASA's Wind Tunnels and the ISS Shaped the World Cup Ball

Knuckling shots aren't luck. NASA's wind tunnels and space-station experiments explain how the four-panel Trionda ball swerves through this World Cup.

Science  · 28 Jun 2026, 09:30  · Daniel Okafor